The Red Bulls have talked about bulking up their central midfield, and if reports are to be relieved, they may be close to doing that with Iceland’s Victor Palsson and Englishman Tom Williams both claiming New York interest.

Palsson, an Icelandic Under-21 standout, was quoted as saying the team was in negotiations with him. The 20-year-old defensive midfielder had been a regular for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League, but just had his contract ripped up by mutual consent. He told fotbolti.net that he was in Oslo in talks with Red Bulls GM Erik Soler.

“I am not ready to negotiate, I’m in negotiations,’’ he was quoted as saying, according to Google translation. “Sports manager for the New York Red Bulls (Erik Solén) is Norwegian and he flew me over this morning and I am in negotiations with them now. It’s been more than halfway.’’

Palsson _ who played for the Liverpool reserves _ inked an 18-month deal with Hibernian in Jan. 20011. He played 31 games with the Scottish Premier League side before he reached an agreement to cancel his contract on Jan. 10.

“This came up to my old coach at AGF wins for Red Bull all over the world, and he told them about me a long time ago. They are ready to be following me. Now that I’m a free agent was calling me,’’ Palsson was quoted as saying. “This is what I want most, and I hope that this go through. Henry and Rafael Marquez are in this team, of course, this is very exciting.’’

Meanwhile, Williams _ who has played for 13 different teams in ten years and is well-traveled enough to make Odysseus look like a homebody _ has been tweeting with both Corey Hertzog and Matt Kassel, and announced that he was arriving in New York to begin training on Monday.

“talk to me pal is it freezing ? I land tomorrow for training” he tweeted to Kassel.

Williams is capable of playing both defensive midfielder and left back, both areas Soler has acknowledged the Red Bulls want to add depth. He has bounced around at Barnsley, Peterborough, QPR and Swansea, among other pit-stops.